Bono has introduced a 2023 residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre in help of his new ebook Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story.
The U2 frontman launched his new memoir early final month, a 576-page quantity that explores the origins of 40 key songs in U2’s discography.
The launch was adopted by a 14-city ebook tour dubbed ‘Stories Of Surrender’, which noticed the Irish rock icon make stops throughout the UK, Europe, Ireland and the UK, together with a date at The London Palladium.
Now, Bono is about to start a residency The Beacon Theatre, described as evenings of “words, music and some mischief”, with dates introduced for April 16, 17, 21, 22, 26, 28, 29, and May 3.
Tickets go on sale December 15 at 10am EST and might be bought right here. You can discover the total record of dates beneath.
Due to overwhelming demand, Bono is bringing his Surrender Tour again to New York City’s @BeaconTheatre for a restricted variety of dates this Spring.
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A synopsis for Surrender reads: “Bono – artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 – has written a memoir: trustworthy and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the outstanding life he’s lived, the challenges he’s confronted, and the family and friends who’ve formed and sustained him.
In a four-star evaluation of the Irish rockstar’s London date, NME described how Bono recalled vital moments all through his life, combining music and storytelling. “Bono then depicts the heartbreaking scene when his father tells him he has cancer, before the narrative switches to the U2 frontman reliving his dad’s final moments,” the evaluation learn.
“It brings on a powerful, piano-driven snippet of ‘Beautiful Day’, which sees Bono impressively trading vocals with harpist/keyboardist Gemma Doherty, before he finishes with an emotive take on the operatic 1894 Italian song ‘Torna a Surriento’ as a final tribute to his late father. It’s a stirring end to ‘Stories Of Surrender’, closing the book on this fascinating insight into both Bono’s memoir and mind.”
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story additionally included numerous beforehand untold tales and revelations, together with when the singer found that his cousin can be his half-brother.